Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Morrow
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Potter County; Henry S. Bishop, Judge. Action by Laura Morrow, administratrix of the estate of J. M. Morrow, deceased, against the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
* Writ of error refused February 22, 1922. Laura Morrow, administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, J. M Morrow, brought this suit to recover damages for the death of her said husband, which was alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant, and this appeal is from a judgment for the plaintiff in such suit.
It is shown that J. M. Morrow met his death while in the service of the defendant railway company and engaged in unloading gravel along defendant's track. He was at the time he was killed, operating a lever for the purpose of unloading, by dumping, a car of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. De AtleySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Looney v. Metropolitan RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Texas v. HarringtonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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